Professional Windows Server 1002003 Security A Technical Reference [Electronic resources]

Deletes an OS entry.

Syntax

bootcfg /delete /id OSEntryLineNum

Options

/id OSEntryLineNum

Deletes the OS entry with line number OSEntryLineNum in the operating systems section of

boot.ini file

Examples

Display current

boot.ini info:

bootcfg
Boot Loader Settings
--------------------
timeout:0
default:multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
Boot Entries
------------
Boot entry ID:    1
OS Friendly Name: WS2003, Enterprise
Path:             multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
OS Load Options:  /fastdetect /noguiboot
Boot entry ID:    2
OS Friendly Name: WS2003 Enterprise
Path:             multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
OS Load Options:  /fastdetect

Delete the second boot entry:

bootcfg /delete /id 2
SUCCESS: OS entry "2" has been deleted.

Verify the result:

bootcfg
Boot Loader Settings
--------------------
timeout:0
default:multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
Boot Entries
------------
Boot entry ID:    1
OS Friendly Name: WS2003, Enterprise
Path:             multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
OS Load Options:  /fastdetect /noguiboot

See Also

bootcfg,

Recovery Console